Places to Explore In East Coast and the Volcanic Zone

Discover the best places to explore in East Coast and the Volcanic Zone with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Gisborne

The M?ori name for the Gisborne district is Tairawhiti (tye-ra-fee-tee), "the coast upon which the sun shines across the water," and Gisborne is indeed the...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Hawke's Bay

Bounded by the Kaweka and Ruahine ranges, Hawke's Bay is known as the fruit basket of New Zealand. You can't travel far without seeing a...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 12 Things To Do

Napier

The earthquake that struck Napier at 10:46 am on February 3, 1931, was—at 7.8 on the Richter scale—the largest quake ever recorded in New Zealand...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Rotorua

Visitors tend to have a love-hate relationship with Rotorua (ro-to-roo-ah). Millions of them—both from New Zealand and abroad—flock in each year, sometimes embracing and sometimes...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Rotorua Environs

The countryside near Rotorua includes magnificent untamed territory with lakes and rivers full of some of the largest rainbow and brown trout on Earth. From...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 10 Things To Do

Taupo

The tidy town of Taupo is the base for exploring Lake Taupo, the country's largest lake. Its placid shores are backed by volcanic mountains, and...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Te Urewera National Park

New Zealand's fourth-largest national park protects the biggest area of native forest remaining on the North Island. The ancestral home of the Tuhoe people, its...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Tongariro National Park

Tongariro has a spectacular combination of dense forest, wild open countryside, crater lakes, barren lava fields, and rock-strewn mountain slopes. Its rugged beauty and convenient...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Explore East Coast and the Volcanic Zone

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Restaurants 17

Hotels 23
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